Summer is here! Jelly Douglas wants excitement, but how and what is the question. An unexpected turn of events changes a new friend's life as well as Jelly's.

In a world where fantasy and faith collide, meet Gary and Shelli in an arena where misadventure meets mercy. Catastrophic events have become the new norm for Shelli as she merely raises an eyebrow to edge of bizarre life incidents. Gary believes that adults are just older kids. He doesnt keep his crayons inside all of the lines (if you know what I mean). In fact, when Gary is coloring pictures with the grandkids, Shelli has a new house rule: all individuals, including Gary, must remove all crayons from all nostrils after playing walrus and especially before answering the doorbell. The grandkids have a saying that has been passed down to them: It aint an adventure til someone falls in! ......Shelli keeps Fire and Rescue on speed dial. Buck Tanglewood is an adventurer, treasure hunter, hero, and friendas well as Garys alter ego. When mild-mannered Gary and Bucks personalities blend, something always seems to break, blow up, or burn down.

Are you ready to fall in love? Pour a cuppa and come home to the country with these five short stories from Australia's small-town storyteller and bestselling author of House for all Seasons* and the Calingarry Crossing Collection. Like all Jenn's full-length novels, these compact reads with a backdrop of country life have characters to surprise and delight country lovers. THAT TIME IN TANGLEWOOD The Timekeeper’s Store A watchmaker can’t control time; he can only set the hands. What happens after he returns the timepiece is up to the owner. Sew Special Audrey’s tiny alteration business can’t prevent her life from falling apart at the seams any more than it can mend her broken heart. That will take someone special. About Midnight Who is Claudia more afraid of losing? Jack, the boyfriend? Or Ben, the best mate? Lost in Lingerie Could the cute customer in the Akubra hat take out Nina’s Weirdo of the Week Award? A Suitcase by the Door Zippers! The noise coming from the spare room—the suitcase zipping shut—is the tiny sound that screams someone is leaving someone. (Also in the series as an ebook: ONE FRIDAY IN SUNFLOWER, with all ten stories available in a PRINT edition: COUNTRY CRUSH ISBN: 978-0-6485708-4-4 ).

At once a writer's autobiography and a road book, with vivid portraits of an unusual group of people-ranging from an early mentor and one-time neighbor, the late poet Archibald MacLeish, to world renowned jazz great Wynton Marsalis (with whose bands Carl Vigeland traveled for many years) and the author's charismatic, tormented father, also a musician-THE BREATHLESS PRESENT tells several intersecting stories in a variety of voices that mirror music's power to transmute memory and affirm life. The son of musicians, Carl Vigeland grew up in Buffalo, New York; after graduating from Harvard, he lived in Conway, where he taught school, worked on a farm, and reported for small newspapers while freelancing for several magazines. The author of six other books, he lives now in Amherst, where he teaches writing at the University of Massachusetts. Married, he is the father of three children.

A fully-updated eighth edition to the guidebook that launched the Great Destinations series. A rich cultural landscape has grown from the natural splendor of the Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts, making it a favorite place for travelers of all types. This all-new edition of the original guide to the Berkshires includes information on history, transportation, accommodations, dining, arts, spa retreats, outdoor recreation, and shopping. It covers every corner of the Berkshires, from Great Barrington and Sheffield in the South to the northern towns of Williamstown and North Adamshome of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. Stay at the legendary Red Lion Inn and enjoy an evening of classical music at Tanglewood. Spend a night at a reasonably-priced B&B after a day of hiking the trails of Mt. Greylock. Experience a weekend retreat at the world-famous Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. With helpful maps and lodging and dining indexes to aid you, you won't find a more complete guide to the Berkshires.